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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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