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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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