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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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