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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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