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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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