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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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