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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. People want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with 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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