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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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