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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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