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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students 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 online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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