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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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