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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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