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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always 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 topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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