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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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