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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically 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 numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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