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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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