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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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