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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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