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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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