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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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