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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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