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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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