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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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