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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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