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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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