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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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