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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free 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 a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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