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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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