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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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