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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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