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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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