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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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