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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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