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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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