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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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