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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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