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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly 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 many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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