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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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