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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always 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 variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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