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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online 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 make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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