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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources