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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are generally 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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