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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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