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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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