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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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