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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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