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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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