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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally 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 e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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