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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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