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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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