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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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