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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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