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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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