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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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