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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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