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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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