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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly 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 numerous subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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