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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are 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 quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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