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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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