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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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