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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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