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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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