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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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