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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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. MOOCs are usually free for students 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 elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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