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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education enable learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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