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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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