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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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