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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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