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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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