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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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