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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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