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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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