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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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