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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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