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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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