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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education