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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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