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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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