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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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