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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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