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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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