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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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