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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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