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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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