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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)