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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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