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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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