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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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