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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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