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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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