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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are 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 several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores 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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