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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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