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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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