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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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