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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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