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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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