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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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