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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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