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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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