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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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