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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally 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 quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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