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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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