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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are generally 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 a variety of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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