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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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