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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education have enabled learners all over the world to take classes 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. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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