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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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