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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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