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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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