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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the 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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