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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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