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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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