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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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