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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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