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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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