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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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