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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically 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 quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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