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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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