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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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