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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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