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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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