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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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