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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free 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 variety of issues that elearning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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