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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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