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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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