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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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