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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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