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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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