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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online 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 several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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