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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually 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 several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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