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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners 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 several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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