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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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