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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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