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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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