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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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