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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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