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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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