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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students 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 a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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