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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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