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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the 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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