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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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