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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants 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 variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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