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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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