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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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