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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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