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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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