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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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