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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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