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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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