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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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