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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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