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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers 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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