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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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