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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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