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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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