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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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