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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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