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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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