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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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