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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 topics that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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