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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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