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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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