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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily 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 considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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