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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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