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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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