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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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