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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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