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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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