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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free 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 quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies 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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