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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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