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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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