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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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