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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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