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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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