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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students 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 topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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