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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the 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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