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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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