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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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