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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always 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 have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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