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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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