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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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