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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand these open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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