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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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