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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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