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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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