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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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