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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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