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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates 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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