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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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