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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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