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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are 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 issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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