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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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