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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses 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 several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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