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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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