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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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