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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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