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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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