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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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