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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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