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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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