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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not 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 institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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