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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly 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 several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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