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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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