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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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