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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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