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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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