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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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