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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are 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 issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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