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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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