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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are 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 several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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