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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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