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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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