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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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