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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning enable learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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