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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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