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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are 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 variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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