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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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