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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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