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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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