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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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