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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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