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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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