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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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