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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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