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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online 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 several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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