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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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