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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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