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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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