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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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