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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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