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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates 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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