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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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