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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education enable humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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