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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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