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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 issues that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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