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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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