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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners 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 topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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