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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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