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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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