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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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