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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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