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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally 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 a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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