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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning enable students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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