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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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