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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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