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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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