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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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