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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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