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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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