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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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