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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the key 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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