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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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