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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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