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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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