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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily 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 issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the 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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