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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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