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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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