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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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