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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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