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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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