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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. 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 massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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