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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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