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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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