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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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