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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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