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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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