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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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