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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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