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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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