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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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