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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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