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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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