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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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