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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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