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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not 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 organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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