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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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