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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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