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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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