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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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