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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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