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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not 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 e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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