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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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