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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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