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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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