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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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