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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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