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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 variety of topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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