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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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