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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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