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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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