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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not 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 have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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