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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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