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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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