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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates 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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