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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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