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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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