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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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