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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key 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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