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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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