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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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