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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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