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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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