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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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