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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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