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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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