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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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