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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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