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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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