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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally 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 elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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