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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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