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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines 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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