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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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