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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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