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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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