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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly 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 several issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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