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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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