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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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