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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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