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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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