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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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