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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are 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 learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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