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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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