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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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