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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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