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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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