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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically 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 a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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