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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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