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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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