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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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