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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are 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 online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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