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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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