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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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