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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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