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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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