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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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