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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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