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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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