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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. 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 almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important 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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