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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 numerous subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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