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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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