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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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