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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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