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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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