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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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