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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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