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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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