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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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