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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major 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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