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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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