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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key 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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