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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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