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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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