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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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