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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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