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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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