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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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