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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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