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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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