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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with 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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