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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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