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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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