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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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