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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students 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 many topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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