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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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