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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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