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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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