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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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