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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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