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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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