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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Students want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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