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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free 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 issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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