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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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