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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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