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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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