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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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