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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 many subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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