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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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