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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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