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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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