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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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