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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. 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. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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