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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly 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 numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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