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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines 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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