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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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