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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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