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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are normally 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 lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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