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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always 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 many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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