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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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