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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the 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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