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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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