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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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