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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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