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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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