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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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