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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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