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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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