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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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