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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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