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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are typically 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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