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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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