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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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