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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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