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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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