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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners 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 a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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