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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open 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 a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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