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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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