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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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