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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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