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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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