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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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