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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores 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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