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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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