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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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