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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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