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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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