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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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