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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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