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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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