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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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