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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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