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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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