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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free 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 many subjects that online learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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