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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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