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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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