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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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