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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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