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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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