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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the 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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