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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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