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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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