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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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