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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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