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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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