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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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