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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually 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 a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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