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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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