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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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