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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners 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 several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines 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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