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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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