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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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