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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not 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 online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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