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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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