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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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