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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually 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 several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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