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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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