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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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