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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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