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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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