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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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