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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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