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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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