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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not 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 technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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