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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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