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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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