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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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