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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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