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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes 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 issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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