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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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