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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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