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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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