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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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