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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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