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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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