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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)