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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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