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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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