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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open 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 online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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