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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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