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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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