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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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