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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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