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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free 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 topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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