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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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