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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free 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 a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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