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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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