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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners 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 many topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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