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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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