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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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