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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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