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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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