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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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