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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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