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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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