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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the 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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