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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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