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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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