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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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