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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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