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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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