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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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