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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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