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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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