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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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