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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally 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 lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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