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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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