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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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