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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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