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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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