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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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