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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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