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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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