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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free 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 issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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