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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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