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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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