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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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