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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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