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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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