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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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