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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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