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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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