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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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