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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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