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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are 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. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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